Punalur Railway Line
The Punalur Railway Station is located on the Kollam-Madurai railway line. A new railway line is proposed through Sabarimala-Pathanamthitta-Punalur-Thiruvananthapuram. The Punalur Railway Station currently connects to Kollam. There are four services in this route right now and it is heard that many more services would be inducted in this route since the Punalur-Shenkottai ghat section has been closed for Broad Gauge conversion. Once the conversion is over, this will serve as the shortest route from Thiruvanthapuram to Chennai and from Kochi port to Tuticorin port.
Punalur is one of the stations in India which has both meter gauge & broad gauge. It lies 45 km from Kollam on the scenic Kollam-Shencotta railway line across the western ghats, providing a valuable link across the southern states. The long-pending Shencottah-Punalur gauge conversion under Unigauge work has been sanctioned recently and is planned for completion by 2013. Currently Kollam-Punalur gauge conversion is finished and trains have started running from Kollam to Punalur. The Punalur-Shencottah was closed to all traffic from 19 September 2010 for conversion into broad gauge. The journey through the western ghats is incredible.
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